Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2012

Africa
2012
Total fertility rate: 4.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 4.80 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (220 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 41,002,061 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.80
Births
41,002,061
Births per 1,000 people
36.3
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
1,128,843,454
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-144.70.5%311,055
15-19104.610.9%6,071,138
20-24210.321.9%10,822,535
25-29219.722.9%9,910,483
30-34193.820.2%7,355,364
35-39139.714.5%4,361,458
40-4467.67.0%1,747,058
45-4918.82.0%403,655
50-541.10.1%19,324